The Long LineThe Long Line Explore Nine Centuries of Music Hans Abrahamsen

Hans Abrahamsen

Danish composer and music educator

Hans Abrahamsen (born 23 December 1952) is a Danish composer born in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen. His Let me tell you (2013), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, was ranked by music critics at The Guardian as the finest work of the 21st-century. His opera The Snow Queen was commissioned and premiered by the Royal Danish Theatre in 2019.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • Air
  • Capriccio Bagateller
  • Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: I. Allegro volante e nervoso
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: II. Adagio innocente e semplice
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: III. Tempo di grande gioia
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: IV. Fluente ma tranquillo
  • Double Concerto
  • Fire Stykker for Orkester
  • Flowersongs
  • For Arditti Quartet
  • Four Pieces for Orchestra
  • Four Pieces for Orchestra: I. In sehr langsamer Zeit, immer ausdrucksvoll
  • Four Pieces for Orchestra: II. Stürmisch, bewegt
  • Four Pieces for Orchestra: III. Fließend und unruhig (Wie ein „Scherzo‐Fragment“)
  • Four Pieces for Orchestra: IV. Sehr langsam
  • Herbstlied
  • Hymne
  • Left, Alone
  • Left, Alone: I. Very Fast
  • Left, Alone: II. Slowly Walking
  • Left, Alone: III. Presto fluente
  • Left, Alone: IV. Slowly
  • Left, Alone: V. Prestissimo tempestuoso
  • Left, Alone: VI. In a tempo from another time - In a time for a slow motion - Suddenly in flying time, "Fairy Tale Time"
  • Let me tell you
  • Let me tell you: Part I: Let me tell you how it was
  • Let me tell you: Part I: O but memory is not one but many
  • Let me tell you: Part I: There was a time, I remember
  • Let me tell you: Part II: Let me tell you how it is
  • Let me tell you: Part II: Now I do not mind
  • Let me tell you: Part III: I know you are there
  • Let me tell you: Part III: I will go out now
  • Lied in Fall for Cello and 13 instruments: Allegretto
  • Lied in Fall for Cello and 13 instruments: Andante, sehr fliessend
  • Märchenbilder: I. Allegro con movimento
  • Märchenbilder: II. Andante alle marcia
  • Märchenbilder: III. Scherzo prestissimo
  • Nacht und Trompeten
  • Schnee: I. Canon 1a - Ruhig aber beweglich
  • Schnee: II. Canon 1b - Fast immer zart und still
  • Schnee: III. Canon 2a - Lustig spielend, aber nicht zu lustig, immer ein bißchen melancholisch
  • Schnee: IV. Intermezzo 1
  • Schnee: IX. Canon 4a (minore) - (Hommage à WAM) Stürmisch, unruhig und nervös
  • Schnee: Ten canons for nine instruments
  • Schnee: V. Canon 2b - Lustig spielend, aber nicht zu lustig, immer ein bißchen melancholisch
  • Schnee: VI. Canon 3a - Sehr langsam, schleppend und mit Trübsinn (im Tempo des "Tai Chi")
  • Schnee: VII. Canon 3b - Sehr langsam, schleppend und mit Trübsinn (im Tempo des "Tai Chi")
  • Schnee: VIII. Intermezzo 2
  • Schnee: X. Canon 4b (maggiore) - (Hommage à WAM) Sehr stürmisch, unruhig und nervös
  • Schnee: XI. Intermezzo 3
  • Schnee: XII. Canon 5a (rectus) - Einfach und kindlich
  • Schnee: XIII. Canon 5b (inversus) - Einfach und kindlich
  • Seks stykker
  • Seks stykker: 0. Serenade
  • Seks stykker: 1. Blues
  • Seks stykker: 2. Arabesque
  • Seks stykker: 3. Marcia funebre
  • Seks stykker: 4. Scherzo misterioso
  • Seks stykker: 5. For the children
  • Six Pieces for Violin, Horn and Piano
  • Six Pieces for Violin, Horn and Piano: No. 1. Serenade
  • Six Pieces for Violin, Horn and Piano: No. 2. Arabesque
  • Six Pieces for Violin, Horn and Piano: No. 3. Blues
  • Six Pieces for Violin, Horn and Piano: No. 4. Marcia funebre
  • Six Pieces for Violin, Horn and Piano: No. 5. Scherzo misterioso -
  • Six Pieces for Violin, Horn and Piano: No. 6. For the Children
  • Sonata for solo cello
  • Sonata for solo cello: I. Hymn
  • Sonata for solo cello: II. Storm and Still
  • Sonata for solo cello: III. Siciliano
  • Storm og Stille
  • Stratifications
  • String Quartet no. 2: I. Andante espressivo
  • String Quartet no. 2: II. Vivo, ben ritmico
  • String Quartet no. 2: III. Tranquillo con delicatezza
  • String Quartet no. 2: IV. Presto energico
  • String Quartet no. 3
  • String Quartet no. 3: I. Calmo, con tenerezza e simplicita
  • String Quartet no. 3: II.
  • String Quartet no. 3: III.
  • String Quartet no. 3: IV. Molto tranquillo et lontano e legato
  • String Quartet no. 4
  • String Quartet no. 4: I. Light and airy [High in the sky singing]
  • String Quartet no. 4: II. With motion [Dance of Light]
  • String Quartet no. 4: III. Dark, heavy and earthy [With a heavy Groove]
  • String Quartet no. 4: IV. Gently "rocking" [with utmost sensitivity, babbling]
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier"
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier": Præludium nr. 1
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier": Præludium nr. 10
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier": Præludium nr. 2
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier": Præludium nr. 3
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier": Præludium nr. 4
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier": Præludium nr. 5
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier": Præludium nr. 6
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier": Præludium nr. 7
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier": Præludium nr. 8
  • Strygekvartet nr. 1 "10 præludier": Præludium nr. 9
  • Strygekvartet nr. 2
  • Ten Studies for Piano
  • Ten Studies for Piano: I. Traumlied (Adagio sostenuto)
  • Ten Studies for Piano: II. Sturm (Presto)
  • Ten Studies for Piano: III. Arabeske (Dolce cantabile)
  • Ten Studies for Piano: IV. Ende (Adagio)
  • Ten Studies for Piano: IX. Cascades (Vivo e scintillante)
  • Ten Studies for Piano: V. Boogie‐Woogie (Presto)
  • Ten Studies for Piano: VI. For the Children (Moderato innocente)
  • Ten Studies for Piano: VII. Blues (Andante rubato)
  • Ten Studies for Piano: VIII. Rivière d’oubli (Fluente ma tranquillo)
  • Ten Studies for Piano: X. Le trombe del mattino (Adagio espressivo, molto rubato)
  • Ten sinfonias
  • Ten sinfonias: I. Molto tempestoso e impetuoso
  • Ten sinfonias: II. Allegro energico e con fuoco
  • Ten sinfonias: III. Largo molto expressivo e cantabile
  • Ten sinfonias: IV. Allegretto semplice
  • Ten sinfonias: IX. Largo nobilmente
  • Ten sinfonias: V. Adagio mesto
  • Ten sinfonias: VI. Grave sostenuto ma con moto
  • Ten sinfonias: VII. Allegretto giocoso
  • Ten sinfonias: VIII. Con movimento ma sempre pesante e rigoroso
  • Ten sinfonias: X. Presto con spirito
  • Three Little Nocturnes
  • Three Little Nocturnes: I. Andante amabile
  • Three Little Nocturnes: II. Allegro appassionato
  • Three Little Nocturnes: III. Langsam gehend, immer zögernd, mit unsicheren, schleppenden Schritten
  • Traumlieder
  • Traumlieder: I. Serenade
  • Traumlieder: II. Arabesque
  • Traumlieder: III. Blues
  • Traumlieder: IV. Marcia funebre
  • Traumlieder: V. Scherzo misterioso
  • Traumlieder: VI. “For the Children”
  • Two pieces in slow time
  • Two pieces in slow time: I. Adagio sostenuto
  • Two pieces in slow time: II. Adagio molto espressivo
  • Vers le silence
  • Wald
  • Wind Quintet no. 2 "Walden"
  • Wind Quintet no. 2 "Walden": I. Moderato fluente - Allegro
  • Wind Quintet no. 2 "Walden": II. Alla marcia
  • Wind Quintet no. 2 "Walden": III. Andante - Più mosso ma calmo
  • Wind Quintet no. 2 "Walden": IV. Allegretto grazioso
  • Winternacht
  • Winternacht: I. Winternacht
  • Winternacht: II. Drei Welten
  • Winternacht: III. Septet
  • Winternacht: IV. Im Frühling
  • Zwei Schneetänze